Province of Castilla
Province of Castilla | |||
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Location of the province in the Arequipa region |
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Basic data | |||
Country | Peru | ||
region | Arequipa | ||
Seat | Aplao | ||
surface | 6,914.5 km² | ||
Residents | 33,629 (2017) | ||
density | 4.9 inhabitants per km² | ||
founding | March 21, 1854 | ||
ISO 3166-2 | PE-ARE | ||
Website | Municipiocastilla.gob.pe (Spanish) | ||
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Alcalde Provincial | Héctor Raúl Cáceres Muñoz (2019-2022) |
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Río Majes |
Coordinates: 15 ° 39 ′ S , 72 ° 22 ′ W
The province of Castilla is one of eight provinces in the Arequipa region in southern Peru . The province, founded on March 21, 1864, was named after Ramón Castilla (1797–1867), a Peruvian military and politician and four-time President of Peru. The province has an area of 6914.48 km². At the 2017 census, 33,629 people lived in the province. In 1993 the population was 36,864, in 2007 38,425. The provincial administration is located in the small town of Aplao .
Geographical location
The province of Castilla is located about 645 km south-southeast of the state capital Lima . It stretches across the Peruvian Western Cordillera and has a longitudinal extension of almost 190 km in NNE-SSW direction. The river Río Camaná (in the middle Río Majes ) crosses the area in a southerly direction. The Coropuna volcano rises on the western provincial border .
The province of Castilla borders in the west on the province Condesuyos , in the east on the province Caylloma and in the south on the province Camaná .
Administrative division
The province of Castilla is divided into 14 districts (distritos) . The Aplao district is the seat of the provincial administration.
District | Administrative headquarters |
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Andagua | Andagua |
Aplao | Aplao |
Ayo | Ayo |
Chachas | Chachas |
Chilcaymarca | Chilcaymarca |
Choco | Choco |
Huancarqui | Huancarqui |
Machaguay | Machaguay |
Orcopampa | Orcopampa |
Pampacolca | Pampacolca |
Tipán | Tipán |
Uñón | Uñón |
Uraca | Corire |
Viraco | Viraco |
Web links
- Peru: Arequipa region (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
- INEI Perú